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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45474	A vindication of the ancient liturgie of the Church of England wherein the several pretended reasons for altering or abolishing the same, are answered and confuted / by Henry Hammond ... ; written by himself before his death.	Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.	1660 (1660)	Wing H617; ESTC R21403	95,962	97

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d orat_fw-la 6._o 24._o direct_v to_o offer_v our_o petition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o all_o frequency_n and_o cassian_n de_fw-fr instit_n mon._n l._n 2._o 10_o from_o the_o universal_a consent_n of_o they_o vtilius_fw-la censent_fw-la breves_fw-la orationes_fw-la sed_fw-la creberrimas_fw-la fieri_fw-la the_o way_n that_o be_v resolve_v to_o be_v most_o profitable_a be_v to_o have_v short_a prayer_n but_o very_o thick_a or_o frequent_a and_o he_o add_v a_o consideration_n which_o prompt_v they_o to_o this_o resolution_n ut_fw-la diaboli_fw-la insidiantis_fw-la jacula_fw-la succinctâ_fw-la brevitate_fw-la vitemus_fw-la that_o by_o that_o mean_v the_o devil_n dart_n which_o he_o be_v wont_a to_o find_v and_o steal_v his_o time_n to_o shoot_v in_o to_o our_o breast_n may_v by_o the_o brevity_n of_o our_o prayer_n be_v prevent_v to_o these_o many_o more_o may_v be_v add_v but_o that_o the_o no-advantage_n on_o the_o other_o side_n above_o this_o 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